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- Dictionaryscrew·ball/ˈskro͞oˌbôl/
noun
- 1. a crazy or eccentric person: informal "she was dating a real screwball"
- 2. a pitched ball that moves in a direction opposite to that of a curveball.
adjective
- 1. crazy; absurd: informal "what possessed you to ask a screwball question like that?"
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: a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve. The students learned that most pitches—such as fastballs, curveballs, sliders and screwballs —spin because pitchers wrap their fingers around the ball and, in releasing it, whip them across its surface. Scientific American.
SCREWBALL definition: 1. a person who behaves in a strange and funny way 2. a ball that is thrown during a baseball game…. Learn more.
Learn the meaning of screwball as a noun, adjective and slang term in English. Find out how to use screwball in different contexts, such as baseball, comedy and alien life-forms.
Screwball definition: an eccentric or irrational person; a nut. See examples of SCREWBALL used in a sentence.
Definitions of screwball. noun. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. see more. noun. a whimsically eccentric person. synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case. see more. adjective.
If you say that someone is a screwball, you mean that they do strange or crazy things. [ informal , disapproval ] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
screw·ball. (skro͞o′bôl′) n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. Slang.
